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LIST  OF  OFFICERS,  COMMITTEES,  &o. 
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CHAPEL  HILL: 
PRINTED  BY  JOHN  B.  NEATHERY. 

1860. 


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CONSTITUTION  AND  BY-LAWS* 


YOUNG  MEN'S  CHRISTIAN  ASSOCIATION 


UNIVERSITY  OF  NORTH  CAROLINA. 


PREAMBLE. 

We,  the  undersigned,  desiring  to  promote  Christian  sympathy  and 
brotherhood,  and  to  advance  the  moral  and  religious  welfare  of  the 
Students  of  this  Institution,  and  of  others  around  us,  and  impressed 
with  the  importance  of  united  effort  in  accomplishing  this  object, 
have  formed  an  Association,  and  hereby  agree  to  adopt  for  our  gov- 
ernment the  following  Constitution  and  By-Laws : 

CONSTITUTION. 

Article  1. — Name  and  Object. 
Section'l. — The  name  of  this  organization  shall  be  the  "Young 
Men's  Christian   Association  of  the  University  of  North  Caro- 
lina." 

Section  2. — The  object  of  this  Association  shall  be  the  improvement 
of  the  spiritual  condition  of  the  Students,  and  the  extension  of  reli- 
gious advantages  to  the  destitute  points  in  the  neighborhood  of  the 
University. 

Article  II. — Members. 
Section  1. — The  members  of  this  Association  shall  be  of  twoclass- 
^j  es,  viz  :  Active  and  Honorary. 

v%  *  This  Constitution,  with  a  few  alterations,  is  the  same  as  that  of 

$^  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association  of  the  University  of  Virginia. 

A) 


Section  2. — Active  Members.  Any  Student,  or  other  person,  of 
good  moral  character,  may  become  an  Active  Member  upon  his 
election  by  a  majority  of  the  Executive  Committee,  by  signing  this 
Constitution,  and  upon  the  payment  in  advance,  of  one  Dollar  an- 
nually. 

Active  Members  alone  shall  have  the  right  to  vote,  and  be  eligible 
to  office. 

Section  3. — Honorary  Members.  Honorary  Members  may  be  con- 
stituted by  a  vote  of  two-thirds  of  the  members  present  at  any 
meeting. 

Section  4. — The  members  of  other  Young  Men's  Christian  Associa- 
tions, while  transiently  among  us,  shall  be  entitled  to  the  privileges 
of  the  Association. 

Article  III. —  Officers. 

Section  1 . — The  Officers  of  this  Association  shall  be  a  President, 
as  many  Vice  Presidents  as  there  are  Christian  denominations  rep- 
resented in  the  Association,  a  Recording  and  an  Assistant  Record- 
ing Secretary,  a  Corresponding  Secretory,  a  Treasurer,  a  Librarian, 
and  four  Managers.  These  shall  constitute  the  Executive  Commit- 
tee of  the  Association. 

Section  2. — These  officers  shall  be  nominated  and  elected  by  ballot 
at  the  regular  meetings  of  the  Association  in  January  and  July,  in 
all  cases  a  majority  of  the  votes  cast  shall  be  necessary  to  elect. 

Section  3. — Vacancies   in  office  may  be  filled  by  the  Executive 
Committee  until  the  next  regular  period  of  election. 
Article  IV. — Duties  of  Officers. 

Section  1. — President.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  president  to 
preside  at  all  meetings  of  the  Association  and  of  the  Executive  Com- 
mittee, and  to  preserve  in  strict  exercise  the  rules  of  parliamentary 
usage,  as  laid  down  in  Jefferson's  Manual.  It  shall  also  be  the  duty 
of  the  President  to  present  at  the  close  ol  his  term  a  report  of  the 
doings  and  progress  of  the  Association. 

Section  2. —  Vice  President.  The  Vice  Presidents  shall  assist  the 
President,  when  necessary,  in  preserving  order,  and  in  his  absence, 
one  of  them  shall  preside. 

Section  3. — Recording  Secretary. — The  duties  of  the  Recording 
Secretary  shall  be  to  give  notice  of  all  meetings  of  the  Association 
and  of  the  Executive  Committee,  to  attend  said  meetings,  keep  a  coi- 
rect  record  of  proceedings  thereat,  and  notify  all  Officers  and  Com- 


niittees  of  their  appointment.  He  shall,  moreover,  register  the 
names,  places  of  residence,  and  denomination  of  each  member,  also 
stating  to  which  class  of  members  he  may  belong. 

Section  4. — Assistant  Recording  Secretary.  The  Assistant  Record- 
ing Secretary  shall  aid  the  Recording  Secretary  in  the  discharge  of 
his  duties. 

Section  5. — Corresponding  Secretary.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the 
Corresponding  Secretary  to  conduct  the  correspondence  of  the  As- 
sociation, and  to  report  at  the  end  of  his  term. 

Section  6. — Treasurer.  The  Treasurer  shall  collect  all  funds  due 
the  Association,  and  disburse  the  same ;  he  shall  keep  a  correct  ac- 
count of  his  transactions,  and  report  to  the  Executive  Committee, 
when  so  required,  and  to  the  Association  at  the  close  of  his  term. 

Section!  .^-Librarian.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Librarian  to 
take  charge  of  and  keep  in  order  all  books,  periodicals,  papers,  &c, 
belonging  to  the  Association. 

Section  S.^JExecutive  Committee.  The  Executive  Committee  shall 
appoint  from  its  own  members  Four  Committees,  one  member  of  each 
being  a  Vice  President  of  the  Association,  vix :  1st  a  Committee  on 
Religious  Meetings  ;  2d,  a  Committee  on  Rooms ;  3d,  a  Committee 
on  Lectures    and  Addresses  ;  4th  a  Committee  on  Finance. 

Section  9. — Standing\Committee.  The  Executive  Committee  shall 
also  appoint  a  Standing  Committee,  consisting  of  at  least  three  active 
members  from  each  College  Class  and  the  Irregulars  shall  be  count- 
ed a  class.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Standing  Committee  to  exert 
themselves  to  interest  their  respective  Classes  in  the  objects  of  the 
Association,  to  labor  to  induce  all  suitable  young  men  to  connect 
themselves  with  it,  to  endeavor  to  bring  their  fellow  Students  under 
moral  and  religious  influences  by  securing  their  attendance  at  Prayer 
Meetings,  Bible  Classes,  and  other  Religious  Meetings,  and  also  to 
take  in  charge  all  contributions  for  benevolent  objects.  This  Com- 
mittee shall  report  monthly. 

Article  V. — Amendments. 
This  Constitution  may  be  altered  or  amended  by  the  concurrence 
of  two  thirds  of  the  members  voting  at  any  monthly  meeting,  provi- 
ded such  alteration  or  amendment  be  proposed  at  a  meeting  held 
at  least  one  month  before. 


BY-LAWS- 

Article  I. — Meetings. 

Section  1. — The  regular  meetings  of  the  Association  shall  be  held 
on  the  evening  of  the  third  Tuesday  in  every  month,  and  one  fourth 
of  the  members  shall  constitute  a  quorum  for  the  transaction  of 
business. 

Section  2. — The  April  meeting  shall  be  an  Anniversary  Meeting 
of  the  Association  at  which  the  Report  of  the  President  shall  be  read 
and  an  Address  delivered  by  some  gentleman  invited  for  the  purpose. 

Section  3. — Special  Meetings  of  the  Association  for  the  transaction 
of  business  may  be  called  by  the  President,  under  the  authority  of 
the  Executive  Committee. 

Section  4. — All  meetings  of  the  Association  shall  be  opened  and 
closed  with  appropriate  religious  exercises. 

Article  II. —  Order  of  Business. 
The  Order  of  business  at  meetings  shall  be  as  follows : 

1.  Call  to  order  by  the  President. 

2.  Religious  Exercises. 

3.  Reading  the  Minutes  of  last  meeting; 

4.  Election  of  Officers,  &c. 

5.  Reports  of  Committees,  &c. 

6.  Unfinished  Business. 

7.  New  Business. 

8.  Reception  of  Communications  and  Miscellaneous  Business. 

9.  Religious  Exercises  and  Adjournment. 

Article  III. —  Committees. 
Section  1.- — The  Executive  Committee  shall  appoint  from  its  own 
members  Four  Committees,  in  accordance  with  Art.  iv,  sec.  8,  of 
the  Constitution. 

Section  2. — The  Committee  on  Religious  Meetings.  It  shall  be  the 
duty  of  the  Committee  on  Religious  Meetings  to  provide  for  the 
maintenance  of  Sabbath  Schools  and  of  meetings  for  religious  in- 
struction at  destitute  points  in  the  neighborhood  of  the  University. 


Section  3. — Committee  on  Rooms.  The  Committee  on  Rooms  shall 
procure  proper  places  for  the  meetings  of  the  Association,  and  make 
proper  provision  for  lighting,  warming,  and  keeping  the  same  in 
order. 

Section  4. —  Committee  on  Lectures  and  Addresses,  The  Commit- 
tee on  Lectures  and  Addresses  shall  provide  for  the  delivery  of  pub- 
lic Lectures  and  addresses,  under  the  direction  of  the  Executive 
Committee. 

Section  5. — Committee  on  Finance.  The  Committe  on  Finance 
shall  approve  all  accounts  previous  to  their  payment  by  the  Treasu- 
rer, shall  audit  the  Trersurer's  account  at  the  close  of  his  term,  and 
whenever  said  account  be  required. 

Section  6. — Reports  of  Committees.  All  formal  reports  of  Com- 
mittees shall  be  made  in  writing,  and  in  a  shape  suitable  for  filing; 
and  all  such  Reports  shall  be  carefully  preserved  by  the  Correspond- 
ing Secretary. 

Article  IV.  Amendments. 

These  By-Laws  may  be  altered  or  amended  at  any  regular  meet- 
ing of  the  Association,  provided  the  motion  to  alter  or  amend  in  no 
measure  affect  the  Constitution. 


OFFICERS   AND   COMMITTEES 


President.— JAMES  KELLY,  Moore  Co,  N.  C. 

Vice  Presidents. — William  M.  Brooks,  Chatham  Co,  N.  C;  J. 
Turner  Morehead,  Greensborough  N.  C;  Luther  R.  Belli  Oxford 
N.  C;  Harrison  P.  Lyon,  Edgecome  Co,  N.  C. 

Recording  Secretary. — Archibald  McFadyen,  Fayetteville,  N.  C. 

Assistant  Secretary. — Guilford  Nicholson,  Halifax  Co,  N.  C. 

Corresponding  Secretary. — A.  Hill  Patterson,  Milton  N.  C. 

TReASURER. — Octavius  H.  Blocker,  Cumberland  Co,  N.  C. 

Librarian. — John  H.  Thorp,  Nash  Co,  N.  C. 

Managers. — Simmons  B.  Staton,  Tawborough  N.  C;  Walter  J. 
Smith,  Cumberland  Co,  N.  C;  William  J.  Headen,  Chatham  Co,  N. 
C;  I     vson  W.  Sykes,  Aberdeen,  Miss. 

STANDING  COMMITTEES. 

Senior  Class. — William  T.  Nicholson,  Halifax  Co,  N.  C;  William 
J.  Headen ;  .James  B.  McCallum,  Robeson  Co.,  N.  C. 

Junior  Class. — John  D.  Currie,  Bladen  Co.,  N.  C;  John  H.  Dob- 
bin, Fayetteville,  N.  C;  Guilford  Nicholson. 

Sophomore  Class. — S.  Jay  Andrews,  Greensboro',  N.  C;  Thomas 
J.  Hadly,  Wilson,  N.  C;  A.  Hill  Patterson. 

Freshman  Class. — Jesse  D.  Franklin,  Marshall  Co.,  Miss.;  Neill 
R.  Kelly,  Moore  Co.,  N.  C,;  Simmons  B.  Staton. 

Irregular  Class. — Stephen  W.   Cole,   Andrew  Chapel,  Tenn.; 


COMMITTEE  ON  RELIGIOUS  MEETINGS.    . 

Harrison  P.  Lyon,  A.  Hill  Patterson,  Octavius  H.  Blocker. 

COMMITTEE  ON  ROOMS. 

Luther  R.  Bell,  Guilford  Nicholson,  Archibald  McFadyen. 
COMMITTEE  ON  LECTURES  AND  ADDRESSES. 

J.  Turner  Morehead,  Simmons  B.  Staton,  Lawson  W.  Sykes. 

COMMITTEE  ON  FINANCE. 
William  M.  Brooks,  Walter  J.  Smith,  John  H.  Thorp. 


FOR  USE  ONLY  IN 
THE  NORTH  CAROLINA  COLLECTION 


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